Mexico City recalls quake of 1985
Tagged: mexico cityMEXICO CITY ”” The sun had just risen as a 70-year-old woman, alone beside a 100-foot cement slab that was once the base of an eight-story apartment building, lit the candles she had placed beside her walking cane and a bouquet of flowers.
She made sure the wicks were aglow by 7:19 a.m. Monday, the moment sirens blared across the city to mark exactly 20 years since residents were shaken from their beds by an earthquake that claimed an estimated 10,000 lives.
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Posted on: September 20th, 2005Curation from Tomás
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